Welcome to Blackpast

BlackPast - African American and Global African History

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Autherine Juanita Lucy (1929- )
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Eustace Augustus Dixon, II (1934-2000)
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Kenneth Clark (1914- )
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Laura Richardson (1962- )

Explore Global African History

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Soweto, South Africa (1904- )
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Ligue Universelle pour la Défense de la Race Noire (1924)
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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908)
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Aubrey Drake Graham (1986- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Garveyism Looks Toward the Pacific: The UNIA and Black Workers in the American West
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Paul Robeson and Japanese Americans, 1942-1949
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Arvarh E. Strickland, 1930-2013: An Historian’s Life
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Sam Langford: History’s Forgotten Boxer

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators